Portland Weather in 1981

Historical record of Portland, Maine weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Portland Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	July 8
Lowest temperature	-18 °F	January 4
Highest daily low	68 °F	July 9
Lowest daily high	0 °F	January 4
Most daily precipitation	3.5 inches	September 23
Most daily snow	4.6 inches	December 15
Total annual precipitation	45.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	40.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Portland in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Portland, Maine in 1981 was 93 °F which happened on July 8.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Portland in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Jul 8
2	88 °F	Jul 31
2	88 °F	Jul 7
4	87 °F	Jul 11
4	87 °F	May 25
6	86 °F	Aug 2
6	86 °F	Jul 10
6	86 °F	Jul 6
9	85 °F	Aug 1
9	85 °F	Jul 21
9	85 °F	Jun 17

What was the coldest temperature in Portland in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Portland, Maine in 1981 was -18 °F which happened on Jan 4.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Portland in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-18 °F	January 4
2	-15 °F	January 12
3	-13 °F	January 5
3	-13 °F	January 3
5	-11 °F	January 9
6	-9 °F	January 6
7	-8 °F	January 14
8	-3 °F	January 21
9	-2 °F	January 11
10	-1 °F	January 15
10	-1 °F	January 13
10	-1 °F	January 10

January 1981 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	19	5	0.02	0.4
January 2	25	6	0.41	4.1
January 3	7	-13	0.00	0.0
January 4	0	-18	0.00	0.0
January 5	18	-13	0.00	0.0
January 6	28	-9	0.00	0.1
January 7	33	13	0.34	3.0
January 8	14	3	0.00	0.0
January 9	14	-11	0.00	0.0
January 10	17	-1	0.04	0.4
January 11	9	-2	0.00	0.0
January 12	13	-15	0.00	0.0
January 13	18	-1	0.00	0.0
January 14	21	-8	0.00	0.0
January 15	22	-1	0.00	0.0
January 16	22	0	0.01	0.2
January 17	22	10	0.11	1.0
January 18	26	1	0.00	0.0
January 19	40	1	0.00	0.0
January 20	29	10	0.00	0.0
January 21	27	-3	0.00	0.0
January 22	32	9	0.00	0.0
January 23	37	10	0.00	0.0
January 24	33	11	0.00	0.0
January 25	33	6	0.00	0.0
January 26	41	26	0.00	0.0
January 27	46	32	0.00	0.0
January 28	37	18	0.00	0.0
January 29	24	15	0.00	0.0
January 30	25	7	0.00	0.0
January 31	35	1	0.00	0.0

February 1981 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	38	8	0.08	0.0
February 2	48	33	0.59	0.0
February 3	33	12	0.00	0.0
February 4	20	8	0.00	0.0
February 5	21	7	0.00	0.0
February 6	31	6	0.00	0.0
February 7	37	12	0.00	0.0
February 8	38	30	0.89	4.1
February 9	34	19	0.06	0.5
February 10	35	13	0.00	0.0
February 11	52	35	0.27	0.0
February 12	49	14	0.00	0.0
February 13	23	10	0.00	0.0
February 14	38	15	0.00	0.0
February 15	31	19	0.00	0.0
February 16	51	26	0.00	0.0
February 17	58	39	0.02	0.0
February 18	60	32	0.00	0.0
February 19	46	28	0.09	0.0
February 20	51	40	0.42	0.0
February 21	46	42	0.45	0.0
February 22	42	34	0.00	0.0
February 23	36	31	0.00	0.0
February 24	42	35	1.69	0.0
February 25	39	36	2.24	0.0
February 26	42	36	0.29	0.0
February 27	48	30	0.01	0.0
February 28	42	24	0.00	0.0

March 1981 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	48	26	0.00	0.0
March 2	42	24	0.00	0.0
March 3	36	17	0.00	0.0
March 4	41	12	0.00	0.0
March 5	39	19	0.00	0.0
March 6	41	31	0.15	0.4
March 7	39	34	0.19	0.0
March 8	40	32	0.00	0.0
March 9	42	31	0.00	0.0
March 10	44	31	0.00	0.0
March 11	39	26	0.01	0.2
March 12	40	28	0.00	0.0
March 13	52	28	0.02	0.2
March 14	37	21	0.00	0.0
March 15	49	22	0.00	0.0
March 16	46	23	0.00	0.0
March 17	37	21	0.00	0.0
March 18	38	21	0.00	0.0
March 19	35	13	0.00	0.0
March 20	33	22	0.16	1.5
March 21	40	31	0.08	0.8
March 22	47	28	0.00	0.0
March 23	46	23	0.00	0.0
March 24	51	23	0.00	0.0
March 25	40	28	0.00	0.0
March 26	50	23	0.00	0.0
March 27	39	34	0.77	0.0
March 28	47	23	0.00	0.0
March 29	77	40	0.00	0.0
March 30	67	44	0.06	0.0
March 31	64	45	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	46	40	0.00
April 2	51	41	0.91
April 3	62	31	0.00
April 4	60	45	0.00
April 5	56	47	0.21
April 6	52	31	0.29
April 7	60	31	0.00
April 8	64	37	0.00
April 9	63	40	0.00
April 10	64	41	0.00
April 11	62	42	0.04
April 12	53	29	0.00
April 13	46	28	0.00
April 14	50	23	0.39
April 15	44	28	0.00
April 16	48	20	0.00
April 17	51	28	0.08
April 18	65	40	0.22
April 19	60	37	0.00
April 20	44	33	0.03
April 21	40	29	0.00
April 22	52	24	0.00
April 23	55	28	0.40
April 24	43	39	0.31
April 25	46	36	0.18
April 26	65	37	0.00
April 27	64	36	0.00
April 28	67	41	0.00
April 29	56	46	0.38
April 30	64	48	0.02

May 1981 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	57	42	0.00
May 2	60	40	0.00
May 3	63	39	0.00
May 4	60	47	0.00
May 5	59	46	0.00
May 6	62	43	0.04
May 7	58	36	0.01
May 8	63	34	0.00
May 9	56	36	0.00
May 10	60	37	0.00
May 11	62	46	0.00
May 12	56	46	0.37
May 13	64	47	0.15
May 14	72	44	0.00
May 15	65	47	0.41
May 16	59	51	0.53
May 17	61	38	0.01
May 18	58	31	0.00
May 19	68	35	0.00
May 20	67	38	0.00
May 21	66	37	0.00
May 22	58	43	0.00
May 23	68	50	0.00
May 24	82	51	0.00
May 25	87	52	0.00
May 26	84	61	0.00
May 27	81	58	0.05
May 28	71	57	0.00
May 29	64	55	0.12
May 30	73	55	0.03
May 31	73	49	0.55

June 1981 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	68	43	0.00
June 2	67	44	0.00
June 3	66	46	0.05
June 4	74	57	0.78
June 5	78	57	0.00
June 6	78	56	0.00
June 7	73	50	0.00
June 8	67	43	0.00
June 9	76	54	1.03
June 10	76	51	0.02
June 11	74	54	0.19
June 12	77	54	0.02
June 13	75	54	0.00
June 14	74	53	0.00
June 15	73	58	0.00
June 16	82	57	0.12
June 17	85	63	0.00
June 18	77	55	0.00
June 19	75	52	0.00
June 20	72	58	0.18
June 21	75	61	0.01
June 22	67	59	0.83
June 23	78	55	0.00
June 24	77	49	0.00
June 25	71	58	0.94
June 26	73	55	0.42
June 27	79	52	0.00
June 28	82	49	0.00
June 29	75	54	0.00
June 30	69	50	0.00

July 1981 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	75	58	0.00
July 2	71	61	0.00
July 3	77	61	0.00
July 4	81	65	0.01
July 5	67	63	0.88
July 6	86	66	0.18
July 7	88	65	0.00
July 8	93	61	0.00
July 9	80	68	0.11
July 10	86	66	0.00
July 11	87	62	0.00
July 12	84	58	0.04
July 13	67	62	0.20
July 14	76	59	0.42
July 15	80	55	0.00
July 16	83	53	0.00
July 17	82	56	0.00
July 18	80	58	0.54
July 19	69	59	0.00
July 20	67	59	0.61
July 21	85	65	0.71
July 22	78	61	0.01
July 23	79	53	0.00
July 24	76	51	0.00
July 25	73	51	0.00
July 26	75	61	0.00
July 27	81	62	0.85
July 28	72	51	0.01
July 29	62	56	0.87
July 30	77	56	0.00
July 31	88	55	0.00

August 1981 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	85	58	0.00
August 2	86	58	0.00
August 3	82	60	0.00
August 4	81	65	0.00
August 5	67	62	0.13
August 6	74	65	0.01
August 7	73	63	0.00
August 8	72	57	0.00
August 9	67	62	0.60
August 10	78	61	0.31
August 11	78	64	0.00
August 12	84	65	0.00
August 13	81	62	0.00
August 14	73	49	0.00
August 15	70	52	0.31
August 16	83	61	0.48
August 17	70	54	0.00
August 18	77	58	0.00
August 19	76	49	0.00
August 20	76	50	0.00
August 21	75	48	0.00
August 22	83	57	0.00
August 23	77	58	0.00
August 24	78	55	0.46
August 25	63	48	0.01
August 26	71	47	0.00
August 27	76	48	0.00
August 28	74	51	0.00
August 29	73	48	0.00
August 30	69	55	0.00
August 31	72	58	0.00

September 1981 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	69	58	0.00
September 2	63	58	0.00
September 3	65	57	0.00
September 4	69	54	0.00
September 5	75	52	0.00
September 6	71	53	0.00
September 7	73	51	0.00
September 8	72	56	0.00
September 9	71	47	0.69
September 10	63	41	0.34
September 11	70	55	0.00
September 12	68	53	0.00
September 13	80	51	0.00
September 14	81	54	0.00
September 15	71	60	0.00
September 16	63	53	0.11
September 17	68	51	0.01
September 18	68	52	0.00
September 19	58	51	0.57
September 20	65	51	0.00
September 21	65	45	0.00
September 22	58	49	0.76
September 23	56	49	3.48
September 24	60	50	0.12
September 25	69	46	0.00
September 26	68	41	0.00
September 27	69	57	0.06
September 28	64	43	0.00
September 29	53	40	0.00
September 30	56	35	0.00

October 1981 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	56	39	0.04
October 2	54	44	0.17
October 3	59	43	0.16
October 4	59	41	0.00
October 5	62	40	0.00
October 6	59	35	0.55
October 7	59	43	0.00
October 8	57	42	0.00
October 9	54	42	0.00
October 10	52	37	0.00
October 11	49	33	0.00
October 12	53	33	0.00
October 13	60	30	0.00
October 14	63	31	0.00
October 15	60	31	0.00
October 16	57	47	0.00
October 17	60	34	0.00
October 18	57	31	1.46
October 19	57	40	0.08
October 20	54	32	0.00
October 21	68	44	0.00
October 22	62	41	0.00
October 23	58	48	0.46
October 24	50	31	0.52
October 25	50	27	0.00
October 26	50	44	0.57
October 27	53	47	0.46
October 28	56	40	0.24
October 29	46	32	0.00
October 30	49	27	0.00
October 31	50	28	0.00

November 1981 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	53	30	0.00
November 2	66	32	0.00
November 3	54	36	0.00
November 4	56	33	0.00
November 5	54	27	0.00
November 6	58	42	0.41
November 7	45	36	0.39
November 8	56	31	0.00
November 9	59	31	0.00
November 10	38	27	0.00
November 11	48	35	0.06
November 12	38	25	0.00
November 13	47	19	0.00
November 14	49	28	0.00
November 15	47	41	0.21
November 16	46	43	0.33
November 17	48	41	0.20
November 18	42	40	0.50
November 19	48	38	0.00
November 20	42	36	0.27
November 21	44	36	0.33
November 22	44	30	0.00
November 23	41	27	0.00
November 24	38	20	0.00
November 25	36	20	0.00
November 26	42	24	0.00
November 27	35	29	0.10
November 28	43	30	0.00
November 29	39	29	0.00
November 30	38	22	0.00

December 1981 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	35	16	0.20	0.0
December 2	49	34	0.88	0.0
December 3	43	36	0.00	0.0
December 4	46	28	0.00	0.0
December 5	38	27	0.00	0.0
December 6	38	31	0.65	2.8
December 7	43	29	0.00	0.0
December 8	38	24	0.04	0.6
December 9	33	28	0.11	1.1
December 10	36	30	0.01	0.1
December 11	38	31	0.02	0.4
December 12	38	25	0.00	0.0
December 13	38	16	0.00	0.0
December 14	35	19	0.15	1.4
December 15	37	31	0.85	4.6
December 16	37	30	0.36	0.0
December 17	33	26	0.00	0.0
December 18	29	24	0.16	1.3
December 19	26	15	0.00	0.0
December 20	26	6	0.00	0.0
December 21	27	0	0.00	0.0
December 22	32	17	0.09	1.0
December 23	38	19	0.59	4.2
December 24	39	26	0.00	0.0
December 25	37	23	0.00	0.0
December 26	35	14	0.00	0.0
December 27	29	23	0.25	3.3
December 28	32	23	0.04	1.0
December 29	38	28	0.11	2.2
December 30	34	14	0.00	0.0
December 31	33	4	0.00	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
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